The story began when Rangilal and Narendra Singh heard about watermills from their relatives residing in nearby Dhokwala village. Rangilal and Singh, both part-time agricultural labourers in Fatehgram, went to HESCO office in Ghisarpadi to seek help.
Joshi, a Padamshree awardee, decided to help as "they came with high hopes". He shot to fame for upgrading traditional watermills and installing new ones in the border areas from Jammu and Kashmir to the North East. He was also featured in the list of Reliance Heroes earlier this month.
This correspondent spent a day in Fatehgram and saw most of the villagers busy doing different kinds of work. They especially praised students of Doon School who visit the village every weekend for community work.
Image: Students of Doon School help villagers. | Photograph: The Doon School website
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